More pre-fabs bought rather than rented [Independent.ie]
- Published: 22 February 2010
THE number of new rental pre-fab contracts for schools plummeted from 266 in 2008 to just 20 last year.
But there is a long away to go before pre-fabs become a thing of the past as hundreds of schools still have rental contracts.
Others are now opting to buy rather than rent pre-fabs and by the end of last year 557 schools had been approved funding to buy pre-fabs or build a permanent classroom. Of that, 249 schools said that they will buy pre-fabs and 201 will build a permanent classroom. The rest have yet to indicate their preference.
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